REPRESENTATIVE OF GEORGIA TO TAKE PART IN AREVIK’S SOLO CONCERT

Panorama.am
16:56 12/12/2007

"Arevik Children Band won the honorable second place in Children’s
Eurovision contest but it is a victory for us because the foreigners
were singing in the Armenian language," Armen Amiryan, director
of public radio, told a news conference today. In his words, the
participants, organizers and even the cleaners were singing song
"Dream." "There were hundreds of Armenian flags in the hall but there
were not in the hands of Armenians. There were only 20-25 Armenians
in the hall," Amiryan said.

The fact that the children were alarmed during the performance of
the song did not deny the participants and the art head of the band
Armen Divanyan. Amiryan said that even professional singers cannot
get into such stages without slight nervousness. "Being emotional
was natural for all participants since all of them performed better
during trials," Amiryan said.

Speaking about some doubts around the victory of Byelorussia, Diana
Mnatsakanyan, foreign relations department head of the public radio
said: "It is impossible to fake anything during the Eurovision. All
calculations are made by a German company. The Byelorussian
representative won the first place and it was fair." The children
were met by their classmates and friends at airport Zvartnots. "It
would be better if our pop singers came. Only Arame and Ani Amiryan
came. It means our stars do not value our tomorrow.

These children represent our future today," Amiryan said.

Today the chairman of the National Assembly Tigran Torosyan and NA
deputy Hranush Hakobyan will receive Arevik Band singers.

Eurovision 2007 took place on December 8 in Rotterdam of
Netherlands. Seventeen countries participated in the contest. The
Armenian band "Arevik" won the second place in the contest. On December
16, Arevik will perform at the Opera House with the participation
of the Georgian representative in Eurovision. The public TV will
broadcast the concert live.